In 1994 I was diagnosed with celiac disease, which led me to create Celiac.com in 1995. I created this site for a single purpose: To help as many people as possible with celiac disease get diagnosed so they can begin to live happy, healthy gluten-free lives. Celiac.com was the first site on the Internet dedicated solely to celiac disease. In 1998 I created The Gluten-Free Mall, Your Special Diet Superstore!, and I am the co-author of the book Cereal Killers, and founder and publisher of Journal of Gluten Sensitivity.

Celiac.com 12/11/2004 - An Italian study was carried
out to determine the incidence of brain perfusion abnormalities in those
with celiac disease, and whether gluten intake and associated autoimmune
diseases may be considered risk factors in causing cerebral impairment.
The researchers used brain single-photon emission computed tomography
to examine the brains of 34 adult celiac patients--16 on a gluten-free
diet, 18 on a gluten-containing diet, and 18 with other autoimmune diseases--and
compared them to 10 age and sex-matched controls with normal jejunal mucosa.
The researchers found that 24 out of the 34 in the study--a full 71%--had
brain tomography abnormalities. The most significant brain abnormalities
were found in the patients with untreated celiac disease (74%), and in
those with associated autoimmune disease (69%). The abnormalities mainly
affected the frontal region of the brain. The researchers conclude that
brain perfusion seems common in celiac disease, but does not appear to
be related to associated-autoimmunity, and the condition may be improved
by a gluten-free diet.